United States v. Femi Johnson

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• stating that: “We will not upset the jury’s credibility determination unless ‘excep- tional circumstances’ exist . . . .”
• noting that evidence that coconspirators were on same side of drug transaction sufficient to establish conspiracy
• noting that fronting demonstrated trust between the parties and was sufficient to establish that there was a “continuing and mutu- ally profitable relationship to distribute drugs”
• finding no plain error where the government introduced audio recordings showing that the defendant acted as a broker for his coconspirator, as well as evidence from controlled buys
• credibility determination not clear error if testimony was “neither physically impossible nor contrary to the laws of nature”
• “Evidence that the defendant was in a mere buyer-seller relationship with the alleged coconspirator is insufficient to establish a conspiracy.” (citation omitted)

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